MANITOBA EARNS SPOT TO GO FOR GOLD FOR FIRST TIME AT NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

DAWSON CREEK, B.C. – Manitoba made history in semifinal action Saturday at the 2012 National Women’s
Under-18 Championship, defeating host team British Columbia to advance to the gold medal game for its very
first time since the tournament’s 2001 inception.

Blueliner Larissa Martyniuk (Winnipeg, Man.) stepped up early in the game for Manitoba, finding the back
of the B.C. net at 4:45 in the period with a little help from Jessie Stott (Niverville, Man.) and Karissa
Kirkup (Virden, Man.).

A B.C. penalty gave Manitoba’s Halli Krzyzaniak (Neepawa, Man.) the chance to add another to the
scoreboard at 15:18 in the first to make it 2-0 going into the intermission.

The second period was also all about Manitoba, with Martyniuk adding her second of the night less than a
minute and a half into the period, and Danielle Krzyszczyk (Winnipeg, Man.) increasing the lead to 4-0 midway
through the middle frame.

British Columbia skated with passion and pride throughout the game, including into the third period, and
Jessie Olfret (Penticton, B.C.). was finally able to get the home province up on the board at 16:45 in the
third. The goal sent the local crowd into loud celebration, with fans jumping in the stands and players
jumping on the bench and on the ice, but it was too little, too late for British Columbia.

Manitoba skated away with the semifinal win, and a spot in Sunday’s gold medal game. Check out
hockeycanada.fasthockey.com to watch the bronze medal game live, go to www.TSN.ca to see the gold medal
game live and follow all the action from the arena at www.Twitter.com/HC_NWU18C.